Christians are persecuted for practising righteousness as taught to them by Jesus Christ. They are hated, threatened, or murdered for speaking against social evils such as fraud, bribery, corruption, immorality, examination malpractices, cultism, discrimination/partiality, and tribalism. Those who do not like Christians because of their (Christians) faith persecute them by destroying their properties – churches,…
I once read about a peanut cartoon that describes the evangelistic approach of many churches. Charley Brown was practising archery in his backyard. Instead of aiming at a target, he would shoot an arrow at his fence and then walk over and draw a target around wherever the arrow struck. This had been the approach…
God created man in His IMAGE and after His LIKENESS. Gen. 1: 26-27. Jesus Christ is the only Man who made God visible on earth. The pre-fallen man was created in Christ’s image, possessing God’s communicable attributes in his perfect (Adamic) inner nature. The article examines sin. His likeness points externally to Christ’s glorious light…
There are powers on this planet Earth that are strange to people. Some of these powers are very mysterious and unexplainable. Even some who may not know that they are possessed until the power that passes through their power (Power of Jesus Christ) strikes them during the deliverance session. This article examines prayers to deal…
What is the Miracle? We can say here to be born again. To be born again is more than a mere confession of the mouth. It is a divine operation that brings about spiritual change in man’s life. It is that miracle that leads to salvation from sin. Introduction It is that miracle that delivers…
A lot of Christians many years back thought of using herbal medicine for the treatment of diseases and sicknesses, until chronic diseases pervaded every angle of the world. Research has it that almost every scientific drug we take is mixed with herbs. That is, we take herbs when we take scientific drugs as well. God…
There is an event at which the health and diet of the people are discussed in a big venue in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Different professional and motivational speakers were invited to talk about health and diet. I was also invited to the seminar to witness every section. One of the speakers, Pastor Goke Adesoye,…
Charles Spurgeon was the 19th-century pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, a popular Baptist preacher, influential among various denominations, who was called the prince of preachers. This article examines regeneration as the Bible recorded it. He declared that sinners occupy a seven-fold position of need before God the Father, who makes provisions through Christ…
When we talk about repentance, many think that this is a topic for unbelievers only. Martin Luther quoted when Jesus said we should ‘repent’, meaning that believers should live their whole lives in repentance. Introduction Bob Sorge is the man nicknamed “The speaker who can’t talk” due to a major accident in 1992 that was…
The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament by Dr Ludwig Koehler, a professor of Old Testament and three others says that the Hebrew word, ‘nacham’, translated as ‘repent’, means to regret or to be sorry. This has been applied in Job 4:6; “Wherefore I abhor (hate) myself and I repent in dust and…